Chinese flutes come in various types. They include Transverse Flutes: . Dizi (and its varieties such as the qudi and bangdi; primary transverse flutes, usually made of bamboo and distinctively has a buzzing membrane); Koudi (a small center-blown mouth flute with open-ends); Tuliang (a large center-blown flute with open-ends); Chi (an ancient center-blown transverse flute with …

Southern Min (simplified Chinese: 闽南语; traditional Chinese: 閩南語; pinyin: Mǐnnányǔ; lit. 'Southern Fujian language'), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: [mìn.nǎn]) or Banlam (Southern Min pronunciation: ), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of ...

The Taiwanese indigenous languages or Formosan languages are the languages of the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan.Taiwanese aborigines currently comprise about 2.3% of the island's population. However, far fewer can still speak their ancestral language, after centuries of language shift.It is common for young and middle-aged Hakka and aboriginal people to speak Mandarin …

Chinese number gestures are a method to signify the natural numbers one through ten using one hand. This method may have been developed to bridge the many varieties of Chinese—for example, the numbers 4 (Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 (Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects.Some suggest that it was also used by business people during …

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History of SC-TOP. The Steering Committee for the Test Of Proficiency-Huayu (SC-TOP) was established in November 2005 under the direction of the Republic of China's Ministry of Education.Originally called the Chinese Language Testing Center and renamed in January 2007, the Committee aims to develop and promote an effective Chinese assessment system, mainly …

The Chinese zodiac is a mathematical cycle of 12 animals.Each animal represents one year. People are associated with the zodiac animal for the year that they are born. The 12 animals in order are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.Although it is called the Chinese zodiac, this system is also used in several other …

Chinese water torture or a "dripping machine" is a mentally painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged period of time. The process causes fear and mental deterioration in the subject. The pattern of the drops is often irregular, and the cold sensation jarring, which causes anxiety as a person tries to anticipate the next drip.

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The Chinese word for "crisis" (simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin: wēijī, wéijī) is, in Western popular culture, frequently but incorrectly said to be written with two Chinese characters signifying "danger" (wēi, 危) and "opportunity" (jī, 机; 機).The second character is a component of the Chinese word for "opportunity" (jīhuì, 机会; 機會), but has ...

Chinese. Chinese is one family of languages that makes a distinction between the continuous and progressive aspects. Cantonese. Cantonese has a very regular system for expressing aspects via verb suffixes. 緊 is typically used to express progressive aspect while 住 is used to express continuous aspect. Take the following example:

The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎, Pinyin: Báihǔ), known in Chinese as Baihu, is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎; Xīfāng Báihǔ).It represents the west in terms of direction and the autumn season. It is known as Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese.

Two languages are spoken on the islands of the Torres Strait, within Australian territory, by the Melanesian inhabitants of the area: Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Meriam.Meriam Mir is a Papuan language, while Kalaw Lagaw Ya is an Australian language.. Pidgins and creoles. Two English-based creoles have arisen in Australia after European contact: Kriol and Torres Strait Creole.

The 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 15 April 2018 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.The race was the 3rd round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 15th time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as …